Pulseaudio and S/PDIF [was Re: ConsoleKit and esound retirement]

[Peter Robinson]

On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 6:22 PM, DJ Delorie <dj at redhat.com> wrote:
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> (subject changed, please strip the [was...] when replying)
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>> On 13/02/13 10:15 AM, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> > (well, more like crap, since I still haven't figured out how to
>> > get pulseaudio to use my digital audio outputs).
>>
>> Really? It's not that hard. It's either a device or a profile right on
>> the very first tab of GNOME sound properties. If you're using
>> pavucontrol, devices are on the 'Output Devices' tab, profiles are on
>> the 'Configuration' tab. It's rather easier than doing the same thing
>> with ALSA, really.
>
> I know all about those.  I've tried them all.  I've gone through all
> the online discussions about how to get digital outputs to work with
> pulseaudio.  I've hacked at the config files and tried to trace the
> operation.  I've been doing this with every update since pulseaudio
> was introduced, and they're all clean installs, not upgrades.  It
> worked just fine with ALSA.  I've even run GNOME sound properties,
> despite not running a GNOME desktop.  I haven't yet tried F18 though,
> because I don't yet have the spare days it takes to do that.
>
> It just doesn't work.

It works just fine for me on F18 on media center box using a standard
optical cable.

Peter